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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1925
Page
11
A. O. Tabor proposes a municipal junkyard using prison labor to reclaim waste from dumps. The plan would fence a ground area, compel merchants to haul junk there, and employ prisoners to convert scrap into saleable junk and firewood, with oversight by a deputy. The scheme aims to cut upkeep costs and generate revenue.
Mayor Gnagy weighs a plan favored by the street commissioner to set up a municipal prison stockade. Officials say reducing the dump nuisance and making prisoners work out their sentences is worthwhile, with driving intoxicated cited among concerns.
Delegates from the newly organized Woman's bureau will sit in the Central Labor union meeting for the first time with equal voting rights. The main agenda is the installation of J. M. McCaffrey as president, succeeding George M. Carpenter, plus officers Webb, MacKay, Errichson, and others.
Exeter, Feb 4. The bishop of Exeter urges removing the stigma attached to receiving poor law relief by reframing aid as honor. He advocates community support and dignity for recipients, distancing relief from shame and stigma.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets act gently on the bowels and liver to purify the system, offering a calomel substitute without griping or bad after effects. Pleasant sugar coated tablets, olive color, available 5c and 30c. take one or two nightly for a week for relief.
A speaker urges that poor able persons be titled King's Bedesmen and wear a special uniform. He proposes state recognition of their service, admission to a mayor’s court, freedom of residence, honored status in churches, and instruction for scouts and church groups to salute them.
An old musterole advertisement touts a mustard oil ointment for colds and bronchial symptoms. It claims quick relief through a warming then cooling sensation and lists uses from sore throat to rheumatism and even pneumonia prevention.
An advertisement from Mike Gauss Pharmacy promotes Adlerike a fast acting intestinal evacuant. It claims relief from constipation within about an hour and notes it helps with gas unless caused by deep seated issues. The copy asserts dramatic benefits and mentions multiple store locations.
A testimonial ad claims Mayo's Wonderful Remedy cured years of gas and indigestion by cleansing catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract. It promises relief from stomach, liver, and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis, with one dose proving, or money refunded at all druggists.
In a piano ad a Brambach Baby Grand is marketed as a compact model delivering full tone and touch like larger grands. The dealer promises liberal trade-in on old instruments and notes several used pianos tuned, tested, and repaired for satisfaction, including Steinway and Kohler & Campbell options with prices listed.
The Gulbransen player piano priced at 450 dollars is promoted as the world's most popular model celebrated for its artistic and mechanical excellence. Waterloo retailers offer all styles and finishes, inviting demonstrations of this value instrument.
Music lovers from across Northern Iowa visit to compare grand, reproducing grand, upright and player pianos from Knabe Vase and Son Grands and Uprights Chase Bros. Pianos and Player Pianos. The showroom offers a real test of size, style, finish and tone, with first floor music rooms for demonstrations and convenient terms including exchange as part payment.
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